Why Some Women Pay Up to $5,000 for Life-Like, 'Reborn' Baby Dolls: Some Are Grieving, Others Think 'They're Cute' "You see a doll, I see a baby that I never got to hold,” a woman said after ...

One such example is the YouTube channel ran by a 15-year-old girl named Sophia who creates videos detailing ‘a day in the life’ of each of the dolls to her 52K subscribers.

At first, Kiersten was unclear what her offense had been. She’s been a doll mom since 2018, and she loves her 32 “babies”—Lavender, Leilani, Kinsley, Paisley, Bentley, Bob, and all the rest.

Videos featuring emotional moments between "reborn mothers" and their hyper-realistic baby dolls have sparked both online fascination and political debate in Brazil, with lawmakers even bringing ...

Hyperrealistic baby dolls can cost upwards of 15,000 euros. Babyclon, a doll producer, uses medical-grade silicone, alpaca hair, and nail resin, which contribute to the high price point.

Along with being “cringe” because of its emphasis on motherhood, the Reborn baby doll community is also simply comprised of women passionately doing something out of the ordinary — a death sentence in ...

Mom feeds Reborn dolls baby formula. The woman’s ‘babies’ are in fact ‘reborn dolls’ – very life-like dolls one can purchase, often when one has suffered infant loss or miscarriage.

Another of Diamond’s series, “Forever Mothers,” also features reborn figures, this time in documenting members of the community of (mostly) women who collect and often make the lifelike dolls.

Andrea Janaina holds her doll during a group gathering to bond and show off their “reborn” baby dolls, in a park in Sao Paulo. AP Popular “reborn” dolls are lined up for sale at a shop.